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Lazy Load

by Automattic · Performance

Lazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 73
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1391 daily snapshots

Details

Version
0.6.1
Last updated
7.6y ago
Added
2011-11-24
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
5.0.25
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-25 20K+ → 10K+ down after 599 days in band
  2. 2024-09-03 30K+ → 20K+ down after 495 days in band
  3. 2023-04-27 40K+ → 30K+ down

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Lazy Load: 10K+ active installs, 4.0★ (53 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lazy-load